Improvement in children s carriages



thereof.

Steering-straps .opposite sides of its pivot, and extend underneath the body to awindlass or spool, E, mountedvinbearings sont isAcNnwroN ronansrnn. 4or nnlncnronr, ooNNEcrIcUr Leners rate-nt No. 10ans, nad November 8,1810.'

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The Schedule referred to in those Letters Patent and of the same'.-

To E whom 'it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ISAAC .NEWTON Fonnnsrn, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State oi' Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childrel-ls Ca-rriages, of which -the following is a. speciicatioin.

Myinvention relatesto childrens carriages of' that class which is pushed from behind and has four wheels. I ts object is to enable the carriage easily to be steered; and

'lliei'mprovelnen consists iii-'combining front wheels mounted on an axle arranged t'o .ti njn on a king-bolt, guiding-straps, bands, cords, or chains-attached to this axle, anda turning-spool orwindlass at thev back oi the carriage, around which the 'steering-bands are wound in opposite directions, so that, asg-the viudlass4 'isturneth one strap will be wound upon. and the other unwound from it to vary the angle of the'ii'ont axle to the rear one, and thus guide the carriage l f- In the accompanying drawing, which shows one convenient way oi applying myinvcntion-Q- f Figure 1 is apla-nyof the under side of the carriage. Y

Figure 2, a verlicht hnigitudinal central section Figure 3, a l'ront elevation thereof.4 lfigure 4, a persliectiveviewof the.guiding-humlles andlwindlass detached. -v

,-Ybody, A, et'suitable well-known construction, is niountedon four wheels, B G.

-. The hind wheels are fixed, while the front ones, B,

l arelm'ountedonan axle, l), tui

ning ona hing-bolt, '12',-

inthe common wa'.

D' are attached -to the axle on in the guiding-handles F, or on a cross-bar connecting I have shown rollers on the rear axle, over which the straps-may run to diminish friction. y

.It is'obvions-,that rods, sliding endwise under the carriage, might he substituted for thestraps, butthe straps are cheaper.

I do not .broadly claim erg-yimcde ot steeringa vehicle by means ot' cords and a windlass, as suchde- Avices are common; as, for instance, in Goodrnaxis riat- .ent of September 13, 1864, for veloc-ipedes, ini'jwhich therirler steers. by .means of a windlass, the a'xis of which 'is at right' angles to the axles of', the wheels,

the n'indlass being in front ofthe machine.' Such an arrangement obviously differs from mine, as an attendant could not conveniently walk behind siic'll a machine and steer it Without reaching around therider.

I claim as lnyixwention--f v The combination, in achilds carriage constructed `tobe pushed. from behind, of the pivoted front axle,

the grinding straps .passing under thev carriage, and the vspool upon the'pnshiug-handle at the back-f the carriage, around vwhich the straps are' Wound in Aoppositedireetions, all these parts ibeing constructed and, arranged as s et forth, for joint operation.

' In testimony whereof', Il have l1ereunto1subsci'ibed my name.

T, N.. FOR-BESTER.. f' Jon I. Peyron,

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